Grandpa's 80th birthday!

Kyle's Grandpa turned 80 years old last week, we had a little party for him yesterday at Kyle's Uncle's house. It was a really nice day and Grandpa seemed to really enjoy himself.

"Happy Birthday Marty, we love you!"

Do you see what he has in his mouth?

When it gets hot we get over run with lizards, I hate it! Whenever our cat Cooper manages to escape he chases down a lizard, kills it, then plays with it for awhile, then tries to sneak it back in the house. I know this is a cats "natural instinct" but it grosses me out! I guess I do have to admit he makes me a little proud considering he's an indoor cat who doesn't have any front claws!

Our trip to Phoenix

Last weekend Kyle and I went to Phoenix for our niece Lauren's 15th birthday party. On Friday night we were able to go see her "end of the year" choir performance, they did an amazing job! I was so glad we were able to get a chance to see one of her performances. On Saturday she had a big pool party with friends & family for her birthday. It really means a lot to me to be able to spend Lauren's birthday's with her, I don't get to see her that often so my trips to Arizona have become an annual tradition.

We love you Lauren!
Happy Birthday!!!

Auntie Julie, Lauren & Uncle Kyle

Lauren & her Mom Roberta

Lauren & Uncle Kyle in the swimming pool

"pool parties are the best!"

Sarah, Brionna, Jessica & Lauren

Oh yeah did I mention it was like 110 degrees!!!!!

A visit from my Mom & Ashley...

Last month my Mom and my niece Ashley came to visit. My Mom flew down from Washington and stayed for 7 1/2 days, Ashley flew down from Oregon and stayed for 2 1/2 days. We had so much fun together, it was great getting to spend time with them. They arrived on a Friday evening and we went straight to dinner with our cousins (Sergio, Maggie, Michael & Melissa). Then on Saturday my Mom, Ashley and I woke up early and went to Disneyland for my Mom's birthday. Kyle's cousin got us in for free so that was really nice. We had such a wonderful day running around both parks. We also went to dinner that night with my brother John and his wife Tracy. On Sunday Ashley spent the day with her Mom, but when she got back we took her shopping for her birthday. Then on Monday it was back to the airport to drop off Ashley, it was sad to see her go. My Mom and I had a busy week. We went to The Getty Center with my cousin Maggie for her birthday,we did some shopping, visited with Kyle's parents, went down to Huntington Beach and spent the day with my Uncle Jimmy & his wife Peggy, went over to my brother's house, hung out in the warm sun, went to Kyle's sister's house for dinner, and then before we knew it it was time for my Mom to leave. We had a fun week but it went by so fast, I always hate saying good-bye.

Here's some pictures. There's tons more but we're having trouble downloading them, so once I get more I'll be sure to share them...

pictures of the new carpet

I know it's been a while since my last post, but we finally got our new carpet installed a couple of weeks ago (3 days before my Mom & niece got into town). After it was installed I ran around like a chicken with it's head cut off trying to get everything ready for their arrival, thank goodness for all of Kyle's hard work ( I couldn't of done it without him!). In the end we were able to get everything done, and we absolutely love the new carpet (it's a thick, long, grayish-silver carpet).

I had an amazing time with my Mom & Ashley when they were here, I was sad to see them go. We used my Mom's camera to take all the pictures so I'm just waiting on getting them from her so I can do a post on all the fun things we did while they were here. In the mean time here's a few pics. of the new carpet....